17 ESPN column - Gay’s coach and teammates say he’s handling himself totally professionally and trying to help the 7-11 Kings. Despite rumors of his upcoming summer departure or a midseason trade - Oklahoma City is still interested in a trade, per Zach Lowe’s Nov. Gay signed a three-year, $40 million contract extension in November 2014 - a steal in today’s NBA landscape - with a third-year opt-out he’ll exercise to become an unrestricted free agent in July. “I’m not the first person to have a contract situation, so it’s just going out there and playing basketball,” Gay told The Comeback after Sacramento’s 122-105 win in Brooklyn on Sunday.
Despite a prominent September report that Rudy Gay would likely not be playing professional basketball for the Sacramento Kings beyond the current 2016-17 season, the 11th-year forward is trying his best to ignore the outside noise and lead Sacramento to its first playoff appearance in 11 years.
